4 injured in separate shootings around city

March 17, 2009

Four people were injured in three separate shootings around the city last night and early today, police said.

Two men in their 20s were shot on the street about 12:30 a.m. at Van Buren Street and Pulaski Road, News Affairs Officer Amina Greer said, citing preliminary information. One man was shot in the chest and the other was shot in the thigh.

In the 300 block of West Oak Street, a 28-year-old man was shot in the legs about 12:15 a.m. after a dispute with the offender, she said. The victim was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in good condition.

And three people were shot at, but only one was hit, in what may have been a gang-related drive-by about 6 p.m. Monday in the 3400 block of North Lowell Avenue, Greer said. One man was hit in the abdomen and taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center in critical condition but with stable vital signs.

Police had no information on gunmen in the attacks early this morning.